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WHOLE FOOD MARKET Mystery Shop Text Message SCAM

April 19, 2022 05:07PM
Here's the text I received on April 16, 2022;

***WHOLE FOOD MARKET SHOP ® ALERT!***

We have retail mystery shop opportunities at major retail store brands in your area. The shopper fee for this project is $350.00 per shop with added incentives such as early completion and mileage bonuses. To apply and find out more, visit the link below;
[XXcustomerservicerep4.wixsite.com]
Human Resources Manager - Global Operations Fred Wood
Thank you for shopping with Whole Food Inc.
The Leader in Customer Experience Innovation

I believe it's the old Whole Foods mystery shopper scam making another comeback. Fill out the form, they'll mail a check for you to cash, go buy gift cards, bad check bounces, etc...

There are no retail store mystery shops for Whole Food Inc or Whole Foods that pay $350.00!

Remove the XX on the link if you'd like to see the form that the SCAMMER uses.
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April 19, 2022 08:30PM
These scammers are relentless. They are around because people keep them in business.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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April 20, 2022 02:53PM
Just got the same identical text message. I wonder if they are targeting mystery shoppers.
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April 20, 2022 03:12PM
@MrEd,
So glad you brought this out here on the Forum. We have several newbies who have posted here lately, and hopefully they will see this. If this can keep one shopper from falling for this, then it was well worth it for you to post.
And yes, I did remove the two "xx"s in the url and saw the web site they used to build this. They even used the simple, round Whole Foods logo at the top of the page. There's no telling what scammers will do to suck people in. Thank you again for posting this.

PS....this is not to disparage the LEGITIMATE Whole Foods shop going on right now with one of the Sassie companies...that one IS legit. But the one referenced here in this thread obviously is not. Just wanted to clarify for the sake of some who may wonder about the job on the Sassie MSC.
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April 23, 2022 05:16AM
I just got the text message today…. I immediately deleted it and block the number
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